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2024 registration is now open!

We are excited to welcome back Horicon Marsh Boat Tours at Blue Heron Landing! For information about the Horicon Marsh Boat Tours please call 920-643-7072. Or visit www.horiconmarsh.com.

For general Horicon Marsh Bird Festival questions contact 920-210-9054 or elizabeth.herzmann@wisconsin.gov.

Primitive Camping

Marsh Haven Nature Center W10145 Wisconsin 49, Waupun, WI, United States

Tenting area or camper parking is available at Marsh Haven Nature Center, located on the northwest corner of the Horicon Marsh (Highway 49), during the Horicon Marsh Bird Festival. Facilities […]

Birding Old Marsh Road – Bus Tour

Horicon National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center W4279 Headquarters Road, Mayville, WI, United States

Join Jeff Bahls and Frank Gercz on a guided birding bus tour across 3+ miles of the interior of the refuge via Old Marsh Road. A reconfigured route this year […]

Get Tickets $35.00 2 tickets left

Ledge Park

Dodge County Ledge Park N7403 Park Road, Horicon, WI, United States

Ledge Park is part of the Dodge County Park system. Ledge Park (82 acres) lies along the Niagara Escarpment, a natural rock ledge which divides the park into upper and […]

Sold Out $15.00

Birding Adventure Boat Tour

Horicon Marsh Boat Tours 305 Mill Street, Horicon, WI, United States

We are excited to welcome back Horicon Marsh Boat Tours at Blue Heron Landing. New owners Troy and Jodell can’t wait to meet you! Spring brings new life and energy […]

Bird Hike at Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center

Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center N7725 Highway 28, Horicon, WI, United States

 Join trip leader, Tim Hahn, for a hike that will focus on bird species along the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center trail system; a boardwalk reaching out to Indermuehle […]

Birding the Marsh Haven Nature Center Trails

Marsh Haven Nature Center W10145 Wisconsin 49, Waupun, WI, United States

The hike at Marsh Haven Nature Center consists of three different trails: a wetland trail, a prairie trail, and a woodland trail, with no trail longer than ½ mile. Common […]

Get Tickets $15.00 18 tickets left

Bird Hike at Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center

Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center N7725 Highway 28, Horicon, WI, United States

 Join trip leader, Tim Hahn, for a hike that will focus on bird species along the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center trail system; a boardwalk reaching out to Indermuehle […]

Birding Adventure Boat Tour

Horicon Marsh Boat Tours 305 Mill Street, Horicon, WI, United States

We are excited to welcome back Horicon Marsh Boat Tours at Blue Heron Landing. New owners Troy and Jodell can’t wait to meet you! Spring brings new life and energy […]

Wild Birds of Prey

Marsh Haven Nature Center W10145 Wisconsin 49, Waupun, WI, United States

This program will introduce some of Wisconsin’s raptors through mounted specimens, artifacts, resources, and LIVE birds. Appreciate the many benefits raptors provide to humans and nature, learn action items to […]

Hot Spot Birding: Sunday

Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center N7725 Highway 28, Horicon, WI, United States

Trip leaders Jeff Bahls and Liz Herzmann will be using the knowledge obtained from other festival field trips in finding various birding locations (Hot Spots) in hopes of adding as […]

Get Tickets $20.00 2 tickets left

Birding Adventure Boat Tour

Horicon Marsh Boat Tours 305 Mill Street, Horicon, WI, United States

We are excited to welcome back Horicon Marsh Boat Tours at Blue Heron Landing. New owners Troy and Jodell can’t wait to meet you! Spring brings new life and energy […]

Birding Ziegler Park, Mayville

Ziegler Park 800 Kekoskee Street, Mayville, WI, United States

Since “discovering” this 70-acre gem, it has been a superstar throughout the Horicon Marsh Bird Festival (154 species e-Birded here). Ziegler Park has 72.3 acres of parkland; most of it […]

Sold Out $15.00


Header Photo: Jeff Bahls